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Funding
IPF backs 17 scripted digital projects
She Said Films’ Running With Violet, LoCo Motion Pictures’ How to Buy a Baby and LaRue Entertainment’s The Amazing Gayl Pile were among the recipients.
Quebecor Fund awards $2.1M to TV, digital media projects
Attraction Images’ Bootcamp and ToonDraw Animation’s YaYa & Zouk are among the projects selected to receive funding.
In brief: The CMF and IMCINE unveil on copro incentive
Plus: Hollywood Suite revamps its streaming app, TIFF announces the 12 writers joining its 2018/19 TIFF Writers’ Studio and more.
Storyhive moves into the doc space
The Documentary Edition, aimed at B.C. and Alberta creators, will fund 30 projects to the tune of $50K each.
Netflix backs National School of Humour screenwriting program
The new initiative is part of the $25 million development fund that Netflix pledged to invest in Canadian creators and talent.
Creative BC, Irish Film Board partner on co-development fund
At least half of the funding will go to projects with a female writer or director attached.
Cogeco TV Production fund distributes $2.3M across 15 projects
Guru Studios’ Big Blue and Sphere Media’s Les Honorables are among the recipients in the latest round.
NOHFC invests $24M across 18 productions
New Metric Media’s Bad Blood (pictured) and Circle Blue Media’s Angelique’s Island are among the projects selected to receive funding.
Hot Docs unveils $2M fund for Canadian, international doc makers
The new program, Hot Docs Partners, aims to connect financiers with feature-length projects, with Toronto’s Blue Ice Docs signing on as the lead investor.
Hot Docs, Netflix partner on Canadian Storytellers Project
The five-year initiative aims to create funding and professional-development opportunities for under-represented documentary filmmakers.
Bell Fund selects 33 projects to split $2M
Fresh TV, Shaftesbury and marblemedia are among the prodcos chosen to receive Slate Development coin.
CMF program budget holds steady at $352 million
With a $15 million top-up from the feds to offset declining BDU revenues, the CMF says it’s found “more solid footing” to provide stable funding.
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